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[applause] >> the portrait of george w. and laura bush will hang inside the white house continuing the tradition of honoring former presidents that date all the way back to george washington. >> when the british burned the white house as fred mentioned in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. [laughter] now michele, if anything happens -- [laughter] there's your man. [laughter] >> there was a lot of laughter. but tears, too. as mr. bush paid tribute to another former president, his dad. >> i am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible, unconditional love, and that would be number 41. >> painted by an artist from his home state of texas, mr. bush is portrayed standing in front of the desk given by a queen. explaining how the cares of presidential office transcend party politics. >> george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all the living former presidents before i took office and plus you left me a really good tv sports package. [laughter] >>
[applause] >> the portrait of george w. and laura bush will hang inside the white house continuing the tradition of honoring former presidents that date all the way back to george washington. >> when the british burned the white house as fred mentioned in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. [laughter] now michele, if anything happens -- [laughter] there's your man. [laughter] >> there was a lot of laughter. but tears, too. as mr. bush paid...
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the portrait george w. and laura bush will hang inside the white house, continuing the tradition honoring former presidents that dates all the way back to george washington. >> when the british burned the white house, as fred mentioned in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now, michelle, if anything happens, there's your man! >> there was a lot of laughter but tears too. adds mr. bush paid trib -- as mr. bush pays tribute to another former president, his dad. >> i'm honored to be standing next to a man who gave me you the most precious gift possible, unconditional love. that would be number 41. >> painted by an artist from his home state of texas, mr. bush is betrayed standing in the oval office in front of a desk gifted to the white house by queen victoria. the current tenant paid a gracious tribute to his predecessor explaining how the cares of presidential office transcend party politics. >> george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all of the living
the portrait george w. and laura bush will hang inside the white house, continuing the tradition honoring former presidents that dates all the way back to george washington. >> when the british burned the white house, as fred mentioned in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now, michelle, if anything happens, there's your man! >> there was a lot of laughter but tears too. adds mr. bush paid trib -- as mr. bush pays tribute to another former...
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. >> it is likely that many of the advisers that surrounded the george w. bush administration make up the the strength of the foreign policy team and will probably have more of that kind of town. >> governor romney says he would be tougher with iran. he will call tie the currency manipulator. has there one particular area where there be a significant difference? dodge the tone towards iran would probably be tougher. obama says that iran will not get a nuclear weapon. governor romney would not declare china currency manipulator and find a way to say it was not necessarily because no american president has veered very much from the policy of engagement. >> he suggested we have not seen a debate change the direct -- trajectory of erases much as the first debate. >> i am cautious making predictions because we all thought that the divisions were reestablished. it was hard to know that people are still waiting to hear. if we saw a dramatic change in the polls, half of the way that president obama had a lackluster showing. we don't know what might happen in these
. >> it is likely that many of the advisers that surrounded the george w. bush administration make up the the strength of the foreign policy team and will probably have more of that kind of town. >> governor romney says he would be tougher with iran. he will call tie the currency manipulator. has there one particular area where there be a significant difference? dodge the tone towards iran would probably be tougher. obama says that iran will not get a nuclear weapon. governor romney...
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george w. bush was not able to impose a similar level of sanctions. it took obama going out there and saying that he would meet with the iranians. that allowed him to form his coalition. i do not -- i really am waiting for mitt romney to lay out specifics on how you would be different than obama. >> how did he talk about what happened in benghazi and the death of the ambassador without seeming to exploit it? >> he sort of said obama botched the response to benghazi. frankly, his first response was not the best response. he botched his first response in terms of coming out swinging, politicizing it to soon. there is a hesitancy for him to politicize it again. there is this window opening for mitt romney and he wants to take it. you can say the administration dropped the ball, they did not anticipate the terrorist attack, they left americans vulnerable. >> there is no mention to of president george bush. why is that legacy avoided? >> there is a real debate within the camp. there is a kind of -- you do not know where he stands. in some places, he has a
george w. bush was not able to impose a similar level of sanctions. it took obama going out there and saying that he would meet with the iranians. that allowed him to form his coalition. i do not -- i really am waiting for mitt romney to lay out specifics on how you would be different than obama. >> how did he talk about what happened in benghazi and the death of the ambassador without seeming to exploit it? >> he sort of said obama botched the response to benghazi. frankly, his...
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what was learned from katrina is that george w. bush got a lot of phones down for doing a flyover and for not going into louisiana. for acting like he could look at it from a distance. all politicians have learned from his mistakes. uc barack obama cancelling his campaign, going to new jersey, and meeting with chris christie, a republican. most people in the u.s. he has done a good job. he was talking with the army corps as engineers. in that regard, it has helped, getting all the face time on the television when you don't see much of mitt romney. >> it has been striking, hasn't it, to see him with the governor and listening to the two of them congratulate and thank each other in this campaign we have seen such bitter politics. to see a democrat and republican coming together like this. >> that is supposed to be the best of america, when there is a kind of bipartisan effort in a time of disaster. you see it exemplified by obama and christie today. this election is in a dead heat. polls give obama a slight edge. some of the other st
what was learned from katrina is that george w. bush got a lot of phones down for doing a flyover and for not going into louisiana. for acting like he could look at it from a distance. all politicians have learned from his mistakes. uc barack obama cancelling his campaign, going to new jersey, and meeting with chris christie, a republican. most people in the u.s. he has done a good job. he was talking with the army corps as engineers. in that regard, it has helped, getting all the face time on...
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. >> it was gotten wrong in a debate with george w. bush in 2000. you can see gore advancing threatening toward the bush who would later win the presidency after a battle over vote counting. i cannot imagine anything like that happening tonight. in fact, the opposite. these are very cool customers. how should they loosened up without making that mistake? >> al gore had the unfortunate personality -- he resembled a tin woodman when he was in front of the camera. i cannot believe that his approaching president bush was as big a deal as some would think that it was. but, he did it at the wrong time. >> right. very very briefly. these are two of the most televised men in the world. will we learn anything new about them? >> tonight's candidates, i think that we will. the way that they behave, the way they present themselves will make a significant difference. >> i will have to stop you there. thank you very much indeed for joining me. that brings us to the end of the show. thank you very much for watching. we will see you back here tomorrow. >> make sens
. >> it was gotten wrong in a debate with george w. bush in 2000. you can see gore advancing threatening toward the bush who would later win the presidency after a battle over vote counting. i cannot imagine anything like that happening tonight. in fact, the opposite. these are very cool customers. how should they loosened up without making that mistake? >> al gore had the unfortunate personality -- he resembled a tin woodman when he was in front of the camera. i cannot believe that...
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but we have a similar experience under george w. bush, who tried briefly to governor as a kind of bipartisan moderate, but then turned markedly conservative. so in those days you have the same kind of democratic rage against that republican president that you now have in reverse. it's very difficult to see where the middle ground would be for either of these candidates, and it won't be any easier if we have a narrow result, because that will mean the new president, whoever he is, doesn't have a terrificcally strong mandate from the public. won't be able to say, look, an enormous majority of the public wants to go my way. if this election is very narrow or even worse, contested, the president is going to have a very demanding job. >> when you speak to voters in ohio, everybody says they want compromise, they want to get things done. do they? >> no. by and large when you talk to american voters, and you've done this yourself, i know, yes, everybody wants compromise and everyone wants bipartisanship. but usually the definition of bipar
but we have a similar experience under george w. bush, who tried briefly to governor as a kind of bipartisan moderate, but then turned markedly conservative. so in those days you have the same kind of democratic rage against that republican president that you now have in reverse. it's very difficult to see where the middle ground would be for either of these candidates, and it won't be any easier if we have a narrow result, because that will mean the new president, whoever he is, doesn't have a...